Deploying mobile units on demand, Zuppa and Divide By Zero bring drone fabrication directly to frontline locations across India.
Zuppa, a leading deep tech drone company, and Divide By Zero Technologies (DBZ), India’s top industrial 3D printer manufacturer, have announced a strategic partnership to deploy mobile rapid fabrication units capable of 3D printing and assembling drones directly at frontline locations.
The breakthrough initiative is set to significantly enhance India’s defence manufacturing agility by enabling on-site production, repair, and customisation of drones within hours.
The containerised Rapid Fabrication Units integrate DBZ’s industrial-grade additive manufacturing systems with Zuppa’s autonomous drone platforms and AI-powered mission control software. This combined capability will allow defence and security forces to produce structural components and assemble mission-ready drones for surveillance, logistics, and tactical operations, even in remote or high-risk terrains reducing dependence on centralised production hubs and long logistical chains.
“This collaboration is a major step toward Atmanirbhar Bharat in frontline technology,” said Venkatesh Sai, Co-Founder and Technical Director at Zuppa, highlighting the autonomy these units will provide to field forces. DBZ founder and CEO Swapnil Sansare added that mobile, high-speed fabrication represents the future of manufacturing, calling the partnership a direct leap from factory floors to battlefield deployment.
The initiative places India alongside global defence innovators, following similar advancements such as Firestorm Labs’ deployable drone-production units in the US. Once deployed, the Zuppa–DBZ mobile systems are expected to transform how unmanned aerial systems are produced, maintained, and mobilised, strengthening India’s strategic self-reliance and dual-use technological capabilities.
